FKA Twigs to Star in “The Crow” Reboot & Reimagining

FKA Twigs has something to crow about…

The 34-year-old part-Spanish British singer and dancer who is making inroads into acting, will co-star in the reboot and reimagining of The Crow, the supernatural revenge thriller being directed by Rupert Sanders.

FKA twigsBill Skarsgard, who played Pennywise the Clown in the It horror movies, is headlining the project, which has seen numerous iterations and close calls come and go amid years of development.

Crow was an indie comic written and drawn by James O’Barr in the late 1980s that told the dark tale of a man and his fiancee who are assaulted and killed by a gang after the couple’s car breaks down. The man is resurrected by a crow and exacts vengeance on those who took his life and the life of his love.

Twigs is playing the girlfriend/fiancée. The role was not significant in the original movie, but sources say that in this reimagining, the part has been reconceived into a co-lead.

It’s unclear if the character never quite dies, perhaps returns in some supernatural form, or may even be a representation of the crow itself.

Crow is due to begin shooting in June with production to take place in Prague and Munich.

Producing are Victor Hadida, Molly Hassell, John Jencks and Edward R. Pressman. Dan Farah is an exec producer on the project.

Twigs earlier this year released a mixtape album titled Caprisongs and had a song on The King’s Man soundtrack.

Aguirre-Sacasa & Duncan Sheik’s “American Psycho” Musical Heading to Second Stage

Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa’s psycho project is headed to Second Stage.

The off-Broadway powerhouse has announced plans to present the U.S. premiere of the much-praised musical American Psycho, with a book by the Nicaraguan-Americanplaywright, screenwriter, and comic bookwriter, and music by Duncan Sheik.

Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa

It’s a musical adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis’ 1991 novel of the same name, about excess, murder and flashing the right labels. The film adaptation of the same name was released in 2000 and starred Christian Bale.

The show, with staging by Rupert Goold and a starring performance by Matt “Dr. Who” Smith, opened last December at London’s Almeida Theatre and was considered a shoo-in for Broadway next season.

American Psycho Musical

For now, however, the show will begin performances in February 2015 and open in March at Second Stage’s West 43rd Street home base. It will be mounted in association with Act 4 Entertainment by special arrangement with Edward R. Pressman, who produced the film.

Aguirre-Sacasa, who was a Second Stage playwright in residence, has written for Glee and Big Loveand is Chief Creative Officer for Archie Comics.

On Broadway he’s best known as the book-writer for Spider Man: Turn Off The Dark.